RESPIRATORY SYSTEM L1

• Respiratory System - responsible from getting oxygen from the atmosphere and bringing it to our lungs. And removing carbon dioxide in our bodyforbringingand
• Nose - it filters particles, moistens the air, and warms the air.
• Asphyxia - it is a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness/death suffocation. Drowning
• Epiglottis - a flap of cartilage at the roof of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
• Larynx - hallow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal chords.
• Trachea - a tube in your throat that carries air to your lungs.
• Bronchus - an airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs
• Diaphragm - A sheet of muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity. Dome-shaped
• Inhalation: the diaphragm moves downward causing the lungs to expand
• Exhalation: the diaphragm moves upward causing the lungs to contract.
• Alveoli - the function respiratory units in the lungs where gases are exchanged.
• • Bronchioles - a smaller branches leading from the bronchi into the lungs tissues and ultimately to alveoli/airsacs.